ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates that clamors were ubiquitous in western France in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and that they offer significant insight into the disputing culture of that period. Central medieval was a noisy place, at least to judge from the prevalence of the word clamor in the narrative, diplomatic, and legal sources of the period. The Romans also used clamor in some contexts to represent the appeal or accusation which a party might present in court. The ubiquity of the high medieval connotation of clamor as complaint or accusation is significant, particularly in light of the only recent study of any aspect of clamor. Roaldus had invaded the monks' property at Les Alleuds, claiming it as his own. The monks made repeated clamors to both Count Fulk and Bishop Geoffrey of Angers, but because these potentes were unable to decide who was in the right, the case went unsettled for a time.
